Letters: Response to "democrat" versus "democratic"

Thursday

Jul 26, 2018 at 1:01 AM

Dear Editor,

A week ago in the Lincoln Courier I read from a democrat that his "democratic party" believes in low taxes. His qualifier was for "fair" taxes. What is the "Obamacare" except a mechanism for raising taxes, and doing it "undemocratically?"

In January 2015, the totally democrat piece of legislation, enacted by law by the democrats and former President Obama that created a tax increase on the American workers’ paychecks that was one of the highest tax increases in history. Medicare taxes almost doubled. The top tier of the tax bracket increased, income payroll tax increased 14.8 percent to 52.2 percent. Capital Gains tax increased by 13 percent. Dividend tax increased 24.6 percent, Estate tax increased by 55 percent. Finally, a real estate transaction tax was added at a rate of 3.5 percent. How can we call these increases in tax either "low" or "fair?"

Now, even with this information, I believe that individual would either deny the truth of the information, or would have a democrat talking point that would try to refute it. I believe in each self-proclaimed democrat in his heart of hearts he knows the truth about the civil actions of his "democratic" party. He has just been so indoctrinated and steeped in its mythical, relative truth, he is no longer capable of recognizing the truth from a lie. That is the reason in my writings I generally always separate the "democrat liberal leadership" group from the rational, rank-and-file members of the democratic party. I believe the REAL democrats can see the truth, because those of that group still want to see America thrive, and love America as a great nation.

Starting with the two major national political parties, the democrats and republicans, in general, I believe the democrat party has travelled a long way toward Socialism, having lost it soul and spirit. Almost everything they have allowed their leaders to do in shaping the ideology and worldview is anti-Scriptural. They define their platform by taking positions that are totally against the Biblical teachings of Jesus, the Apostles, the Prophets, and Teachers. They have almost reached the point of officially denouncing God; this was observed in their DNC Convention when God was shouted down by demanding there be no reference to God. Had the leaders of the convention not realized the optics of such a move, it is likely those anti-God voices would have won the day and God would have officially been banned from mention in the democratic party.

Every issue that refutes the Bible is an issue the democrat platform, and ultimately the candidates, find pleasure in embracing in an almost spiritual way. Abortion, even through full-term, ripping up the baby and selling the parts for research, gay marriage, even bathing the White House in the rainbow colors in total support, disobedience to selected laws on illegal immigration, taking away Constitutional rights, attempting to control judicial court systems, instigating protests leading to riots, dividing the nation along racial lines, economic class lines, discrimination against law enforcement, intrusive policies that destroy jobs, using man-made climate change to increase taxes, taking resources from those who have them to redistribute to those without, causing a generational dependency that strips individuals of dignity and self-worth. The list could go on and on, and everyone knows it well.

Anti-Biblical teachings, including the plan of God unto salvation, is a target for the most "progressive" leader in the democrat party. They have come to accept that as their "religion" as they say things that would have people believe they are righteous in their personality and attitudes. They preach helping the disadvantaged, but smother them in subsistence at a poverty level. This keeps the "poor" in a position to continue to vote for the democrat to make a long-term career out of holding office. While the democrats have waged war on poverty (President Johnson), except for creating generational poverty and life-long joblessness for thousands, poverty continues to exist with long lines of people receiving only enough to be scared into continuing to vote for their democrat leadership benefactors.

Some will say the republicans are the same way. Perhaps. But, not to that extent yet. Democrats have learned to "hang together, or hang alone" by forming a solid block that wins the issues their way. Republicans continue to be fractured into splinter groups where ideologies are similar, but with enough variance as to destroy any semblance of a voting bloc. Republicans are definitely on their way to losing their soul and spiritual foundation as well. But they are several years, perhaps a generation, away from falling off the edge.

So, that is my answer as to "Why" issues of corruption exhibited by members of both parties can be viewed differently and resulting in significant different outcomes. Republicans take responsibility, for the most part, for their actions; democrats blame someone else (usually the republicans) for the foibles they commit. The leaders of the democrat party have managed to omit Biblical and Spiritual foundations in their platform. They have worked tirelessly through the long-term using consistent, incremental changes away from a moral foundation that has always been resting upon the strength of Scripture.

Jim Killebrew

Lincoln, Illinois

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